V Boat
The V-boats were a group of nine United States Navy submarines built between World War I and World War II from 1919–1934. These were not a ship class in the usual sense of a series of nearly identical ships built from the same design, but shared authorization under the "fleet boat" program. The term "V-boats" is used to includes five separate classes of submarines.
Originally called USS V-1 through V-9 (SS-163 through SS-171), in 1931 the nine submarines were renamed Barracuda, Bass, Bonita, Argonaut, Narwhal, Nautilus, Dolphin, Cachalot, and Cuttlefish, respectively. All served in World War II, six of them on war patrols in the central Pacific. Argonaut was lost to enemy action.
Read more about V Boat: Background, V-1 Through V-3—the Barracudas, V-4—Argonaut, V-5 and V-6—Narwhal and Nautilus, V-7—Dolphin, V-8 and V-9—Cachalot and Cuttlefish, Conclusion, Ships
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